Email scammers typically hack into the computers or email accounts of targeted companies and businesspeople. Photo: AP
Email scammers typically hack into the computers or email accounts of targeted companies and businesspeople. Photo: AP
Hong Kong /  Law and Crime

Hong Kong anti-fraud squad intercepts nearly HK$1.3 billion from online and phone scams – half the swindled cash that has moved through city in 2019

  • Between January and June, squad received 829 requests from victims of scams— officers halted HK$1.29 billion in 304 of the cases
  • Funds were defrauded in a range of deceptions, including online romance scams, commercial email frauds and fake investments

Clifford Lo
Clifford Lo

Updated: 12:27pm, 6 Aug, 2019

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Email scammers typically hack into the computers or email accounts of targeted companies and businesspeople. Photo: AP
Email scammers typically hack into the computers or email accounts of targeted companies and businesspeople. Photo: AP
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